Will Harris
Will Harris
William Taylor Harrisis an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies...
summer winter keeping-promises
Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
character secret tests
The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.
curiosity secret indifference
Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.
tunnels light next
The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light - and the next tunnel.
strong war violence
"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.
ideas practice way
Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.
smart men lazy
The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.
teaching fire inspire
At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.
reality color political
Ancient boundaries are meaningless, except for political purposes; old divisions of clan and tribe are sentimental remnants of the pre-atomic age; neither creed nor color nor place of origin is relevant to the realities of modern power to utterly seek and destroy.
facts bed embarrassing
Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.
truth discovery tools
Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
mind filth weakness
Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.
funny baseball player
When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?
new-york lust ego
The lusts of the flesh can be gratified anywhere; it is not this sort of license that distinguishes New York. It is rather, a lust of the total ego for recognition, even for eminence. More than elsewhere, everybody here wants to be somebody.